Vehicle-body.



F. E. WATTS 1 A. 1. NEERKEN.

VEHICLE BODY. APPLICATION FILED DEC.4.1914.

Patented Nov. 11, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

F. L WATTS & A. J. NEERKEN.

VEHlCLE BODY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.4.1914.

Patented Nov. 1-1, 1916.

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FRAN K E. WATTS AND ADRIAN J NEEEKEN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS; BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO BUY? MOTOR CAR CORPORATION, OF RICHMOND, VIB- GZNIA, A CORPORATION VIRGINIA.

VEHICLE-BODY mosses.

Application filed December 4, 1914. Serial No. 875,546.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

and ADRIAN J. NEERKEN, citizens of the United States of America. IGSldlIlQ, at Detroit. in the county of lVayne and-State of Michigan. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Bodies, of which'the following is a specification, reference-being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to vehicle bodies and more particularly to a construction of body for an automobile of thcroadster, coup or The invention has among the objects thereof to provide a suitable clearance between the back of the seat and the back of the top, and to so construct the portion of the body in rear of the seat as to provide a plurality of article-carrying compartments; further, to so arrange said compartments that access may be had from the seat to one or more of the compartments.

Other'objectsof the invention will more fully hereinafter appear.

The invention resides in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

For the sake of clarity we will illustrateand describe the invention in connection with an automobile body of the roadster type, though We do not desire to limit the invention to thisparticular type of vehicle body.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged topplan view; Fig. 3 is a. longitudinal, central section of the structure shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line Hot Fig. 2.

Referring to the one embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, A designates the chassis of an automobile and B a roadster body having a seat C.

D is the back of the top, which is spaced some little distance from the back E of the edge G of the seat back. The portion of' the body in rear of the seat, or whatis com- Specification of Letters Patent.

spaced from the top K of the deck. will be readily apparent, the chamber I is Patented portion and arranged adjacent the top K of i the deck but spaced therefrom, forming a compartment LL The space below the partition J forms a comparatively large com: partment M which may be' used for carrying the spare tire or tires, or the like.

N is a door at'the rear of the body portion, providing access to the chamber M. Intermediate the partition J and the top K is a third partition 0 which also extends from side to side of the body portion and serves to restrict the depth of the chamber In Access to the chamber I is had through a door P in the member F and'this door also provides access to the chamber L, since the upper edge Q of the partition H is As of considerable size and forms a. suitable compartment accessible from the seat, for carrying. comparatively large articles or packages,.while since. the chamberL is restricted 'in depth, the smaller articles 'or packages placed therein are readily acces sible through the door I. As will be noted upon reference to Fig. 3, the upper edge of the partition H extends a slight distance above the horizontal partition: J or bottom of the chamber L and, therefore. serves as 'a retainer. preventing" the articles in the chamber L from falling down into the chamber 1. As before stated, the partitions II, .T, and O extend from side to side of the body portion. These partitions are secured to the metal covering R of the deck, performing the additional function of reinforcing the rear portion of the vehicle body.

\Vhile the construction shown and de- I scribed is a very desirable form of the invention, it is not desired to limit the pro tection trated.

What we claim as our invention is l. A vehicle body provided with a seat to the particular structure illusand having a portion of the body in rear of the seat inclosed, a reinforcing partition eX- tending transversely of said portion of the body and spaced from the back of the seat forming a compartment therewith, means for closing the compartment at the top, including a door, and a shelf in rear of said compartment and accessible from the seat through said door.

2. A vehicle body provided with a seat and having an inclosure in rear of the seat, an upwardly-extending reinforcing partition extending transversely of the inclosure and spaced from the back of the seat, forming therewith a compartment, and a horizontal reinforcing partition arranged in rear of the first-mentioned partition adjacent the top thereof, forming a shelf, the first-mentioned partition extending for a portion only of the height of said inclosnre and having a part extending above said horizontal partition, forming a guard.

3. A vehicle body provided with a seat, a top having the back thereof spaced from the back of the seat, a member extending across the bodyintermediate the back of the seat and the back of the top, said body being provided with a chamber below said memher, and a door in said member providing access to said chamber, a deck extending rear- Wardly from the back of the top, and a compartment beneath said deck accessible through said chamber.

t. A vehicle body provided with a seat, an inclosure in rear of said scat, an upwardlymosses extending partition extending from side to side of said inclosure and spaced from the back of the scat forming a compartment, a horizontal partition extending from said vertical partition to the rear of the inclosure and of a Width to extend from side to side of the body, said horizontal partition being" arranged adjacent but spaced below the top of said inclosure forming a com paratively large compartment, a third partition arranged above the horizontal partition extending from side to side of the body and positioned in rear of the first-mentioned partition, a door at the rear of said inclosure providing access to the second compartment, and a door in the first-mentioned compartment providing access theretoand to the space above the horizontal partition.

5. A vehicle body provided with a seat, a top having the lower edge or its back spaced 1' arwardly a comparatively Wide distance from the upper edge of the seat back, and

a member extending across the body sub- 7 stantially from side to side thereof and extending from the bat-knit the seat to the back of the top, a deck extending rearwardly from the back of the top, and a compartment beneath said deck. In testimony whereof tures in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK E. WATTS. ADRIAN J. NEERKEN.

we aitix our signa- 'Witnesses Don '1. Has'riNos, GRANVILLE C. Alinnlon. 

